Candidates Announced for V.P. for Finance and Administrationposition

VALDOSTA - The search committee for the position of vice
president for Finance and Administration has invited three
candidates to participate in campus interviews during January. The
candidates will take part in meetings with various groups and give
formal public presentations.

Natalie Higley is currently vice president for Business Affairs at
Bainbridge College. She previously served as an accounting manager
at the University of North Florida and chief financial officer for
First Allied Corporation, Rochester, N.Y. Higley received a
master’s degree in management from Roberts Wesleyan College.
Higley’s campus visit is scheduled Jan. 20-21. View Higley’s
interview schedule and resume at http://www.valdosta.edu/news/media/2009/01/Higley.pdf

Kenneth Griffin, is assistant county administrator in Hillsborough
County, Fla., and previously served as executive director of the
Mississippi Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. He received a
doctorate in leadership and administration from University of
Mississippi and master’s degrees in civil engineering from
University of Southern California and ecosystems/limnology from
Cornell University. Griffin’s campus visit is scheduled Jan. 22-23.
View Griffin’s interview schedule and resume at http://www.valdosta.edu/news/media/2009/01/Griffin-2.pdf

Greig Mitchell, is currently serving as vice president of
Administration and Finance at Salisbury University, Salisbury, Md.
Additional higher education experience includes vice president for
Administration and Finance at State University of New York College,
Brockport, N.Y., and vice chancellor for Finance and Administration
at Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Harrisburg, Pa.
He received a master’s degree in public administration from
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs. Mitchell’s campus visit is scheduled Jan.
28-29. View Mitchell’s interview schedule and resume at http://www.valdosta.edu/news/media/2009/01/Mitchell-2.pdf